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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 03:52 AM Jul 2015

Daily Holidays - July 28

National Milk Chocolate 
Day Milk Chocolate Day (not to be confused with Chocolate Day) celebrates everything that’s good about milk chocolate – one of the most common forms of chocolate in snacks, bars and drinks! https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/milk-chocolate-day/


http://www.famousbirthdays.com/july28.html


Buffalo Soldiers Day Buffalo Soldiers Day is observed annually on July 28th. This day commemorates the formation in 1866 of the first regular Army regiments comprising African-American soldiers.

“Buffalo Soldiers” (one of many African-American regiments raised during the Civil War) were established by Congress as the first peacetime all-black regiments in the regular U.S. Army.

Mark Matthews, who is now buried at Arlington National Cemetery, was the oldest living Buffalo Soldier at 111 years old when he died on September 6, 2005.

The segregated regiments were disbanded during the 1940’s and 1950’s as the U.S. armed forces embraced integration. http://nationaldaycalendar.com/buffalo-soldiers-day-july-28/
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Daily Holidays - July 28 (Original Post) Sherman A1 Jul 2015 OP
Quincy Jones -- Soul Saga (Song Of The Buffalo Soldier) pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #1
Superb! Sherman A1 Jul 2015 #2
You're welcome, Sherman pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #3
Milk Chocolate! bigwillq Jul 2015 #4
What could be better? Sherman A1 Jul 2015 #5
1866? The first regiments of US Colored Troops were formed in 1863... malthaussen Jul 2015 #6
I believe Sherman A1 Jul 2015 #7
The first regiments of US Colored Troops... malthaussen Jul 2015 #8

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
3. You're welcome, Sherman
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 05:56 AM
Jul 2015

When this came out on the Body Heat album in 1974 I had it on quad 8-track and got to see Quincy Jones in concert at the Hollywood Bowl.

Thanks for the thread.

malthaussen

(17,065 posts)
6. 1866? The first regiments of US Colored Troops were formed in 1863...
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 10:47 AM
Jul 2015

... there were also regiments of black troops formed by the states, but that's not the same. (The film "Glory" is about one such) USCT were regiments in the regular establishment.

Anyway, have some Bob Marley (of course):



-- Mal

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
7. I believe
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 10:55 AM
Jul 2015

the distinction may be that the 54th Mass was a state regiment as were the others that followed from that and other states. The reference in the OP is to the 9th & 10th Calvary and 24th & 25th Infantry which were formed into the United States Army for the work on the frontier.

malthaussen

(17,065 posts)
8. The first regiments of US Colored Troops...
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 11:04 AM
Jul 2015

... which is an actual title, were formed in 1863 and on the regular establishment. The State troops were volunteers recruited by the states. The USCT regiments fought in all theatres of the Civil War, and were the subject of controversy before the Battle of the Crater. (In a nutshell, the corps commander trained a division of USCT to spearhead the assault, but his bosses Meade and Grant refused to use them, doubting their competance. They attacked in later waves and got decimated like everybody else).

Hence my confusion. The distinction may properly be that the specific regiments of USCT were assigned to the frontier in 1866, but they were formed earlier.

Ah, I see what happened. Researching further, the 1866 date refers to the fact that the USCT regiments were disbanded after the Civil war, then re-raised.

-- Mal

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